star party and a slow saturday

we went to the star party last night...there were about 8 different telescopes pointing on saturn and jupiter - it was really impressive. the main telescope required climbing a ladder just to get to the eyepiece! when i climbed up, though, i was rewarded with an up-close shot of jupiter and four moons. really cool. before that, i was looking through a small telescope, and all i could see was a blur - so i yelled to matt that it must not be on...he told me later that some dude was standing over the other end, trying to see in the other side! well no wonder...

we're going to carissa's 16th barbeque and beach party in a few hours, but for now, i'm still in my pajamas, drinking tea and taking it easy. there's something so wonderfully quiet about saturday morning.

i was inspired by mark's recent blog, so while we were in ocala yesterday, i picked up several manila envelopes of old letters from wheaton. so i'm drinking tea and reading old letters - stereotypical i know, but i'm having a blast (from the past haha)!

return of the pink sandals

we found a pair of pink sandals like the ones i lost in the intercoastal waterway today! hurrah! we're in ocala today. after youth last night, matt and i took dawnie and savannah on a 'double date' to twistee-cone. we got home at 10.45 and by 10.57 we were packed and on the road to ocala. we're good at this packing thing...

our days this week have been mostly like this. wake up 7.30, watch the 8.55 world cup game while doing regent work. watch the 11.55 world cup game while doing gomissiontrip work, then the 2.55 game...it is taking up quite a bit of our day as you can see! but the next time this event rolls around, i'll be pushing 29 so i thought i should carpe worlde cupe IF you know what i mean!
it's been a nice schedule.

back to melbourne tomorrow. we're going to a 'star' party with telescopes! i'll keep you posted.

'locked' and a table for two

we're home. we walked into a sweltering apartment - i guess we'll be thankful when we get the power bill this month, but for the first few hours, we could hardly stand it.

we had a great trip home. when we arrived at the orlando airport we stopped at the macaroni grill in terminal a. i started laughing so hard when matt asked for a 'table for two', because we had a mountain of gear behind us! 2 bookbags, a computer bag, purse, duffel bag, a huge suitcase, matt's hockey bag (i could easily fit inside) and two hockey sticks. we were quite a sight! all of our stuff took up a whole side of the booth and spilled into the aisle. i felt very materialistic at that moment...

on the plane, i tried to silence my phone, and i guess i got distracted by the shrill screaming in my ear from all the kids going to disney, and i accidentally 'locked' my phone. i didn't even know it was possible to 'lock' a phone. it kept asking for my four digit pass-code, and would only let me dial '911' or other 'emergency numbers'. needless to say i tried every four-digit code that would mean anything to me, with no luck. on the drive home we had to stop at a verizon store where they told me to simply enter the last four digits of my phone number. duh. i can't believe i didn't think of that! oh it's good to have my phone back!

ella taking it easy